1. An incredible transformation

Anorexia nervosa is one of the most dangerous eating disorders in the world, but unfortunately, the illness is still not taken as seriously as it should be.

2. What a difference a year makes

Diagnostically speaking, anorexia is characterized as an extreme anxiety disorder, where the sufferer develops an extreme phobia of gaining excess weight, and as a response to this anxiety, a strong desire to be thin, which manifests itself through starvation or bulimia.

3. No more fear

As well as incurring the obvious risk of death by malnourished, anorexia often also exacerbates other mental health issues, such as suicidal depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, or body dysmorphia.

4. Inspiring in black and white

Globally, anorexia is estimated to affect 2.9 million people as of 2015 and has been estimated to occur in 0.9% to 4.3% of women and 0.2% to 0.3% of men in Western countries, according to a report published in the National Library of Medicine’s psychiatric journal.

5. Exercise is key to success

Bearing these alarming statistics in mind, it’s easy to understand why these eating disorders are such an urgent malady.But there is hope for those going through it, and recovery is possible, as the following images will attest.